Vehicle body



F. J. KUBLER VEHICLE BODY Filed July 24, 1928 I j Inveniar .Patented Oct. 13, 1931; r

rannnmcx J. xmsmnor Yon'x; N. I I. or EAST BOST0N, MASSACHUSETTS, :A-HCORJZORJQQEION vmicna 015*! Application filed uly 24,1928. serial "294,98"

This invention relatesto automobile bodies and-the'object is 'toprovide improved means for finishing the interior of the door along 7 V the hinge side thereof above the belt andalso as a coordinate object to providemeans for staunching the door joint at that location. While not limited thereto, the invention finds a particular application in the case ofthe front doors of closed vehicles-hung by their J0 forward edges tobody hinge posts arising, adjacent the cowl of the vehicle and pro-j;

viding also for the support of the windshield,

and byway of example I havethere' illustrated such a construction. I

the following description'taken in connec- 'tion with theaccompanying drawing which is a horizontalsection through the forward body pillarof a closed vehicle and adjacent porg9 tions of the door and windshield.

, Referring to the drawing, 1 have'there shown a body hinge pillar 3' arising ad jacent the cowl 'ofthe vehicle and which may include a mainsection 5, which may be a'dropi g3 forging, incorporated withthe framework of the vehicle below the belt, and a finish-v section 7, which inay be a die casting, detachably secured thereto bymeans of'the screws V ,9, This particularconstruction ofbody pil-.. ao laris-no part of the invention claimed inthe present application; The-transverse flange o 4 of the section 5 provides aseat for the windshield 11, herein shown as of the swinging I 'type. 1 The rear. face of theforward section 5,

35 the right-hand face in the drawing, consti- ,tutes the jambfface'ofthe pillarr I V Hungvion'the pillar, 3 bymeans of suitable hinges. 13 is the "door having" a door hinge pillar 15, here-' shown as'of sheet metal pro-g 4o videdwiththe flange 17 providingan overflELIl At-the rear-face of the pillar! is the glass channel 19 receiving the usual sliding:

glass 21. At the inner sideof theglass 21,

the windowv opening is finished by means of a suitablegarnish molding 23, herein shown f'a aeiati emanate a My invention will be well understood from- Having described in detail the "embodiment of my, invention shown byway in g claims,

SSIGN "r screws 25, which moldi -c' ver j ointbetween the jamb face of that pillar and the jamb face ofthe body hinge pillar 3 andv i forms an overlap flange, and it preferably also extends over the inner faceof the transverse flange of the main memberfi of the body pillar 3;to the location of the windshield seat. t a

; -When thegarnish molding is arranged 'to provide an interior overlap flange as herein described, the usual windlace may, if desired, 0 be dispensed wit-h'at'this location and an ex ceptionally neat finish for the interior of-sthe" door is provided. The garnishmoldinginay also serve to cover and provide a finish for the vertical edges of the body pillar or post 3 at the windshield opening. v

particular of example in the accompanying drawing,

what I claim as new and desireto secure by -70 Letters Patent I shall express in the follow- Iclaiin: v a J 1. In an automobile bodya body hinge pil-Jv lar, doorjof thetype having a sliding win-. 15 I dow therein, the hinge pillarof saiddoor 7 being hung on thebody hinge pillar and havo i v ingatone side thereofa glass channel, a ga r nish molding carried by. said pillar at therim her side of sa idfchannel' and havingaflangef extending over andbeyondtheinnersideof "the pillar to extend over the door joint when the door is closed,

2. In an automobile door a combined interior garnish molding and door joint'oi erlap' f flange. V

3 An automobile body havingabodyhingeV pillarrisingadj acent'thecowl and havingiaj 1 lfiange at its jinnerhrearportion,definingfa 1 seat for a windshieldfand"presenting rear-I s the reanface I of thelpillarigldinwardly-bftheilocation of the ochannelpl This garnish molding is provid- Y ed with a flange 25 which extends" overithe} inner edge of door pillar 15 and past the door j glazing the hinge pillar of said door being hung onsaid body pillar and having a glass channel on its rear face. and a garnish molding carried by said pillar on the inner side of said channel and having a flange extending over and beyond the inner side of thepillar to extend when the door is closed over the door joint and the inner edge of said flange.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my I name tothis specification.

FREDERICK J. KUBLER. 

